parry (n.)
parry (v.)
- answer
- bicker
- block
- boggle
- cavil
- check
- confound
- confute
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- crush
- defeat
- demolish
- deny
- dismiss
- dodge
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- fend
- finish
- floor
- hedge
- hinder
- mystify
- nitpick
- nonplus
- obscure
- obstruct
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- palter
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- rebuff
- rebut
- recoil
- refute
- repel
- repulse
- settle
- shift
- shrink
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- silence
- squash
- squelch
- stop
- subvert
- swerve
- tergiversate
- undermine
- upset
- waffle